Places barbg41 Wants to Go

Sites connected to a woman born on a ship and spared by a pirate.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

Politicians, bureaucrats, and military officers gathered in this field near the Capitol to settle their disputes with blood.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

Legend has it this 11th-century castle was paid a visit from the devil.

You would never guess that before World War II this lonely field was a bustling German city.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

A long-abandoned provincial prison left to crumble in the frigid air of Ontario.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.

The "possessed" house that inspired "The Haunting in Connecticut" book and movie.

The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

This once sprawling resort now sits abandoned, filled with graffiti and vibrant colors from an era long passed.

This memorial in the Adirondack wilderness honors the accidental death of a Scottish entrepreneur.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.